Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (Linds.) Hafellner & V. John
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Interactions where Sphaerellothecium parietinarium is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in			Protoparmeliopsis muralis	a lichen	Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Protoparmeliopsis muralis/	Protoparmeliopsis muralis	a lichen	?
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in			Rinodina oleae	a lichen	Teloschistales: Physciaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Physciaceae/Rinodina oleae/	Rinodina oleae	a lichen	?
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in apothecium			Caloplaca	a genus of placodioid and crustose lichens	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Caloplaca/	Caloplaca	a genus of placodioid and crustose lichens			apothecium
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in apothecium			Caloplaca cerina	a lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Caloplaca cerina/	Caloplaca cerina	a lichen			apothecium
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in apothecium			Xanthoria	a genus of lichens	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria/	Xanthoria	a genus of lichens			apothecium
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in apothecium			Xanthoria calcicola	a lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria calcicola/	Xanthoria calcicola	a lichen			apothecium
perithecium		perithecium lives on/in apothecium			Xanthoria parietina	Common Orange Lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium, Cannon, P.F., 2015 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str., Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Sphaerellothecium parietinarium/	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/	Xanthoria parietina	common orange lichen			apothecium		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cannon, P.F., 2015	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 18x9
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles	44pp, The British Lichen Society
Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str.	Lichenologist Vol 49 (1): 1-12.

Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus)
Genus	Sphaerellothecium (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sphaerellothecium parietinarium is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cannon, P.F.	2015	Sphaerellothecium parietinarium	IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 18x9

Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (a lichenicolous fungus):

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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